11.0 The Exile: Judah's Dark Night
of the Soul
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11.1 After the Fall
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11.1.1 Lamentations: Funeral songs for a Dead
City
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11.1.1.1 Characteristics of the Book
11.1.1.2 Contents of the Book
11.1.1.2.1 Jerusalem, the abandoned widow
(Lam. 1:1-22)
11.1.1.2.2 The punishment of Jerusalem (Lam.
2:1-22)
11.1.1.2.2.1 The destruction of the land (Lam.
2:1-9)
11.1.1.2.2.2 The effect on the people (Lam.
2:10-12)
11.1.1.2.2.3 O Jeruslaem, how can I comfort
you? (Lam. 2:13-19)
11.1.1.2.2.4 Lord, look what you are doing
(Lam. 2:20-22)
11.1.1.2.3 A personal lament, advice about
God's righteousness and mercy, and a prayer for help against the enemy
(Lam. 3:1-66)
11.1.1.2.3.1 A lament about life (Lam. 3:1-24)
11.1.1.2.3.2 The importance of trusting God
(Lam. 3:25-51)
11.1.1.2.3.3 Rescued from my enemies (Lam.
3:52-66)
11.1.1.2.4 Conditions during the siege of
Jerusalem (Lam. 4:1-22)
11.1.1.2.5 Restore us, O Lord (Lam. 5:1-22)
11.1.2 The Fate of the Survivors
11.2 With the Exiles in Babylon
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11.2.1 There Were Some Changes Made
11.2.1.1 A New Name
11.2.1.2 A New Way of Life
11.2.1.3 A New Language
11.2.1.4 A New Way of Worship
11.2.1.5 A New Emphasis on the Traditions
of Israel
11.2.1.6 A New Emphasis in Theology
11.2.2 The Prophet of the Transition: Ezekiel
11.2.2.1 Ezekiel, the Man
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11.2.2.2 The Book of Ezekiel
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11.2.2.2.1 Oracles agains Jerusalem (Ezek.
1-24)
11.2.2.2.1.1 The call of Ezekiel (Ezek. 1:1-3:27)
11.2.2.2.1.1.1 The prophet called (Ezek. 1:1-28
11.2.2.2.1.1.2 The prophet commissioned (Ezek.
2:1-3:27)
11.2.2.2.1.1.2.1 As a prophet to a rebellious
people (Ezek. 2:1-3:3)
11.2.2.2.1.1.2.2 As a prophet to a stubborn
people (Ezek. 3:4-9)
11.2.2.2.1.1.2.3 As a prophet to the exiles
(Ezek. 3:10-15)
11.2.2.2.1.1.2.4 As a watchman for the house
of Israel (Ezek. 3:16-21)
11.2.2.2.1.1.2.5 As a portrayer of the Lord's
judgment (Ezek. 3:22-27)
11.2.2.2.1.2 The prophet in action (Ezek.
4:1-5:17)
11.2.2.2.1.2.1 Let's play war (Ezek. 4:1-3)
11.2.2.2.1.2.2 The long rest (Ezek. 4:4-8)
11.2.2.2.1.2.3 Food is scarce! (Ezek. 4:9-17)
11.2.2.2.1.2.4 The prophet's haircut (Ezek.
5:1-17)
11.2.2.2.1.3 The prophet preaching (Ezek.
6:1-7:27)
11.2.2.2.1.4 Heresy in the Temple (Ezek. 8:1-11:25)
11.2.2.2.1.4.1 Those abominable idols (Ezek.
8:1-11:25)
11.2.2.2.1.4.2 Marked for destruction (Ezek.
9:1-11)
11.2.2.2.1.4.3 No more glory in the Temple
(Ezek. 10:1-22; 11:22-25)
11.2.2.2.1.5 In action again (Ezek. 12:1-20)
11.2.2.2.1.6 Hard words for false prophets
and unfaithful people (Ezek. 12:21-14:23)
11.2.2.2.1.6.1 The fate of the prophets (Ezek.
13:1-16)
11.2.2.2.1.6.2 The fate of fickle women (Ezek.
13:17-23)
11.2.2.2.1.6.3 The fate of idol worshipers
(Ezek. 14:1-23)
11.2.2.2.1.7 The prophet and his allegories
(Ezek. 15:1-17:24)
11.2.2.2.1.7.1 Jerusalem: The faithless wife
(Ezek. 16:1-63)
11.2.2.2.1.7.2 The great eagles (Ezek. 17:1-24)
11.2.2.2.1.8 The soul that sins shall die
(Ezek. 18:1-32)
11.2.2.2.1.9 Two poetic allegories (Ezek.
19:1-14)
11.2.2.2.1.10 Three sermons (Ezek. 20:1-22:31)
11.2.2.2.1.10.1 The will of God (Ezek. 20:1-49)
11.2.2.2.1.10.2 The sword of the Lord (Ezek.
21:1-32)
11.2.2.2.1.10.3 The sins of Jerusalem (Ezek.
22:1-3)
11.2.2.2.1.11 Those wild, wild sisters (Ezek.
23:1-49)
11.2.2.2.1.12 The rusty pot (Ezek. 24:1-14)
11.2.2.2.1.13 The prophet's wife dies (Ezek.
24:15-27; 33:21-22)
11.2.2.2.2 Oracles against Foreign Nations
(Ezek 25:1-32:32)
11.2.2.2.2.1 Many words against Tyre and the
Phoenicians (Ezek. 26:1-28:19)
11.2.2.2.2.2 The fall of Egypt (Ezek. 29:1-32:32)
11.2.2.2.2.2.1 That Egyptian crocodile (Ezek.
29:1-16)
11.2.2.2.2.2.2 Egypt is given to Nebuchadnezzar
(Ezek. 29:17-21)
11.2.2.2.2.2.3 Egypt is doomed (Ezek. 30:1-19)
11.2.2.2.2.2.4 Oracles agains the pharaoh
(Ezek. 30:20-32:32)
11.2.2.2.3 Hope for a Better Day (Ezek. 33:1-48:35)
11.2.2.3.1 Oracles of Restoration (Ezek. 33:1-39:29)
11.2.2.3.1.1 The watchman's responsibility
(Ezek. 33:1-20)
11.2.2.3.1.2 Oracles against the inhabitants
of the land (Ezek. 33:23-29)
11.2.2.3.1.3 They don't believe you, Ezekiel
(Ezek. 33:30-33)
11.2.2.3.1.4 The responsibility of shepherds
(Ezek. 34:1-31)
11.2.2.3.1.5 You are going to get it, Edom
(Ezek. 35:1-15)
11.2.2.3.1.6 Blessings on you, Israel (Ezek.
36:1-38)
11.2.2.3.1.7 O dry bones, hear the word of
the Lord (Ezek. 37:1-14)
11.2.2.3.1.8 The two shall be one (Ezek. 37:15-28)
11.2.2.3.1.9 The Lord and God of Magod (Ezek.
37:15-28)
11.2.2.3.2 The Restoration of the Temple (Ezek.
40:1-48:35)
11.2.2.3 Ezekiel: A Summary
11.3 The End Has Come for Babylon
11.3.1 The Decline of Babylon
11.3.2 Cyrus the Persian
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11.4 The Exile's Great Unkown Prophet
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11.4.1 The Man
11.4.2 The Book
11.4.2.1 Comfort to Israel (Isa. 40-55)
11.4.2.1.1 The prophet's call (Isa. 40:1-11)
11.4.2.1.2 The praise of the Lord, the Creator
(Isa. 40:12-32)
11.4.2.1.3 The nations on trial (Isa. 41:1-29)
11.4.2.1.4 The First Servant Song (Isa. 42:1-4)
11.4.2.1.4.1 The Servant Songs
11.4.2.1.4.2 The Servant's mission (Isa. 42:1-4)
11.4.2.1.4.3 I am the Lord you God (Isa. 42:5-46:13)
11.4.2.1.4.4 Sing a sad song for Babylon (Isa.
47:1-15)
11.4.2.1.4.5 You have heard, now see all this
(Isa. 48:1-22)
11.4.2.1.5. The Second Servant Song: The Servant's
Responsibility (Isa. 49:1-6)
11.4.2.1.5.1 The return of the people (Isa.
49:7-13)
11.4.2.1.5.2 Zion shall be comforted (Isa.
49:14-50:3)
11.4.2.1.6 The Third Servant Song: The Servant's
Submission (Isa. 50:4-11)
11.4.2.1.6.1 Joy for Jerusalem and beyond
(Isa. 51:1-52:12)
11.4.2.1.7 The Fourth Servant Song: The Servant's
Trial and Death (Isa. 52:13-53:12)
11.4.2.1.7.1 The appearance of the Servant
(Isa. 52:13-15)
11.4.2.1.7.2 The rejection of the Servant
(Isa. 53:1-3)
11.4.2.1.7.3 The Servant suffering for others
(Isa. 53:4-6)
11.4.2.1.7.4 The death and burial of the Servant
(Isa. 53:7-9)
11.4.2.1.7.5 The vindication of the Servant
(Isa. 53:10-12)
11.4.2.1.7.6 Who was the Servant?
11.4.2.1.8 Israel is assured (Isa. 54:1-17)
11.4.2.2 Oracles to a Restored People (Isa.
56:1-66:24)
11.4.2.2.1 The Lord's salvaltion is for all
(Isa. 56:1-8)
11.4.2.2.2 Holy day religion (Isa. 58:1-14)
11.4.2.2.3 Call for repentance (Isa. 59:1-21)
11.4.2.3.4 Poems about Zion (Isa. 60:1-62:12)
11.4.2.3.4.1 Jerusalem's glorious future (Isa.
60:1-22)
11.4.2.3.4.2 Good tidings to the lowly of
Zion (Isa. 61:1-11)
11.4.2.3.4.3 New days and new names for Jerusalem
(Isa. 62:1-12)
11.4.2.3.5 A prayer and its answer (Isa. 63:7-65:25)
11.4.2.3.6 The final words (Isa. 66:1-24)
11.4.3 Summary of Second Isaiah
11.5 Summary: Prophets of the Exile
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